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Oaza tocmai începea să fie luminată de luna plină când ieşi băiatul. Avea de mers douăzeci
de minute până la cortul lui şi plecă într-acolo.
Era speriat de tot ce se întâmplase. Se amestecase în Sufletul Lumii şi preţul pentru
credinţa în acel lucru era viaţa lui. Un pariu scump. Dar pariase scump încă din ziua când îşi
vânduse oile pentru a-şi urma Legenda Personală.
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When the boy left the tent, the oasiswas illuminated only by the light of the
full moon.
He was twenty minutes from his tent,
and began to make his way there.
He was alarmed by what had happened.
He had succeeded in reaching through
to the Soul of the World, and now the
price for having done so might be his
life. It was a frightening bet. But he
had been making risky bets ever since
the day he had sold his sheep to pursue
his destiny.
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Şi aşa cum spunea stăpânul de cămile, fie că
mori mâine, fie că mori în altă zi este acelaşi lucru. Oricare zi era făcută pentru a fi trăită sau
pentru a părăsi lumea. Totul depindea numai de un cuvânt: „Maktub”'.
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And, as the camel driver
had said, to die tomorrow was no worse
than dying on any other day. Every day
was there to be lived or to mark one's
departure from this world. Everythingdepended on one word: " Maktub."
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Merse în tăcere. Nu se căia. Dacă avea să moară a doua zi, va fi pentru că Dumnezeu nu
voia să schimbe viitorul. Dar murea după ce traversase Strâmtoarea, lucrase într-un magazin de
cristaluri, cunoscuse tăcerea deşertului şi ochii Fâtimei.
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Walking along in the silence, he had no
regrets. If he died tomorrow, it would
be because God was not willing to
change the future. He would at least
have died after having crossed the
strait, after having worked in a crystal
shop, and after having known the
silence of the desert and Fatima's eyes.
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Trăise intens fiecare zi de când plecase
de acasă cu atâta vreme în urmă. Dacă avea să moară mâine, ochii lui văzuseră deja mai multe
lucruri decât ochii oricărui alt păstor, şi flăcăul era mândru de asta.
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He had lived every one of his days
intensely since he had left home so
long ago. If he died tomorrow, he
would already have seen more than
other shepherds, and he was proud of
that.
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Deodată auzi o bubuitură şi fu aruncat la pământ de forţa unui vânt pe care nu-l cunoştea.
Locul se umplu de praf care aproape că acoperi luna. În faţa lui, un enorm cal alb se cabra
scoţând un nechezat îngrozitor.
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Suddenly he heard a thundering sound,and he was thrown to the ground by a
wind such as he had never known. The
area was swirling in dust so intense
that it hid the moon from view. Before
him was an enormous white horse,
rearing over him with a frightening
scream.
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― Eu, răspunse flăcăul. Imediat îşi aduse aminte de imaginea sfântului Santiago
Matamouros pe calul lui alb care strivea necredincioşii sub copite. Exact aşa era. Numai că acum
situaţia era pe dos.
― Eu am îndrăznit, repetă flăcăul şi-şi plecă capul ca să primească lovitura spadei. Multe
vieţi vor fi salvate pentru că aţi uitat de Sufletul Lumii.
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"It is I who dared to do so," said the
boy. He was reminded of the image of
Santiago Matamoros, mounted on his
white horse, with the infidels beneath
his hooves. This man looked exactlythe same, except that now the roles
were reversed.
"It is I who dared to do so," he
repeated, and he lowered his head to
receive a blow from the sword. "Many
lives will be saved, because I was able
to see through to the Soul of the
World."
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you read the flight of the birds?"
"I read only what the birds wanted to
tell me. They wanted to save the oasis.
Tomorrow all of you will die, because
there are more men at the oasis thanyou have."
The sword remained where it was.
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Străinul îi luă, în sfârşit, spada de deasupra capului. Flăcăul simţi o oarecare uşurare. Dar
nu putea fugi.
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"Who are you to change what Allah has
willed?"
"Allah created the armies, and he also
created the hawks. Allah taught me the
language of the birds. Everything has
been written by the same hand," the
boy said, remembering the camel
driver's words.
The stranger withdrew the sword from
the boy's forehead, and the boy felt
immensely relieved. But he still
couldn't flee.
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